For the readers who are interested in my private story which I wrote during the last postings:
I know that most scientists say that there is no scientific proof for any effects of a full moon on human behaviour but I once was speaking about that with a relatively high-ranking German police officer who told me: "Yes, I know these scientific research stories but when I check the recorded reports of my police department and compare it with the calendar of full moon times, it tells me a different story. I do not know if the unusual light at night makes people more restless or uneasy or whatever might be the effect, but there is one and I am sure about it. We usually have to register and to report more brawlings, sorts of domectic violence etc. than in other times. This is the only thing I am sure about 'full moon'-stories!"
Last year in summer when "normal" tourists and guests were still permitted, I had two different guests - 2 men, 1 woman - in two consecutive nights which were "unusual" because they seemed to be alone and without luggage and coming from this city or from its neighborhood. I am usually too curious for my job (but hey, the manager told me to deny "suspicious" guests at night !) and after apologizing for my curiosity, I really asked them why they are coming late at night to the hotel:
The first man told me, he works in this city in a bank, was not able to finish his tasks in time, a bit unconcentrated the whole day and left the bank without his keys for his apartment. Now, he could not get back into the bank because the doors to his section closed automatically and could not be reopened until the morning. So, it was cheaper for him to stay in the hotel until he could get his keys back in the morning than to call a locksmith's service for opening his apartment.
The second man the same night one hour later asking for a room was for me a bit like a snorting bull and after my question for the reason to come to me for check-in at 2 o'clock in the morning, he really said: "I just had the quarrel of my life-time with my 'extremely beloved wife' and before I kill her, I better go to a hotel!" (At least, he still tried to be resonable enough to be sarcastic and said "mein über alles geliebtes Eheweib", which sounds in German like from a comedy, because "Weib" is an old word for "woman" which is only used in old-sounding word combinations or as a pejorative word for "woman", but he called her "my over all loved marriage woman" (= mein über alles geliebtes Ehe-Weib) in a neutral, not female form. Hrm, at least there were still some strong feelings for his marriage.
The woman one day later came at 1 o'clock in the morning and said she simply cannot stand one night more with her mother in the same apartment so she had to go to the hotel.
And in all these cases it was a day around full moon. I do not dare imagining what all these people are doing right now at full moon in our lockdown in Germany.
But now my personal story: There is a gay man working in this hotel and because he is also extremely friendly and working there for a longer time, he knows almost everything about everyone and I asked him about me and my young female colleague and her or our strange behaviour during the last week. He said: "Well, everyone here knows now that you are working very well together, laughing a lot with each other and both of you seem to like each other more than most other colleagues. I can only give you the advice to be careful because as far as I know, she should already be married to her friend but there seem to be some obstacles I do not know anything about it. A few weeks ago, I watched her reading a book about solving problems with a loved partner and it is possible that she wants to split but it is also possible that she simply does not know what to do about her relationship with her friend or even that she wants to use you to make him jealous and care more for her. I think, it is the best for you to wait, observe and stay as friendly and cooperative as always, nothing more and nothing less. And remember: Last Tuesday was full moon!"
I think, this is a very good advice and I will stay that way and "observe the situation", but damn, it is hard to tell how much I already like to "observe" her ...